Imagine we’ll have enough to win this. Looking at that Cas squad it looks shot with injuries

You don't want to be disrespectful, but if we put our best team out and they have their heads screwed on this could be a cricket score. The numbers that Case are missing are incredible.


We're obviously not going to making many changes, but it would nice to see Hampshire, Chan and at least one out of Douglas or Eckersley get a game.

Dupree in for Chan and possibly Eckersley for Miski going off the amount of strapping Abbas is covered in, no messing around this week and rotate next week

Just Dupree for Chan for me. If Miski needs a week off, then next week is ideal.

On a side note, I watched Peets preview on Wigan TV earlier and it sounds like Havard has had a slight set back with his recovery. Peet said his test results weren't as good as they'd hoped but not sure what that means. It sounded like it was maybe some tests they'd done in house. He said he'll not be back next week now and they'll be patient with it. One thing is for sure, they need to make sure he's right this time and it sounds like they'll give him all the time he needs.

Full strength this week with it being a sudden death cup. With the rule changes you can’t rule out an early red card which could make it a difficult day.

The lads have had 9 days off so should be fresh.

Short turn around until the Friday SL game against them so I’d bring in Coops, Eckersley, Hampshire and Chan for that one.

On Wigan TV?

Nope won’t show it as BBC have the rights to show it live I imagine. Just have to settle for the Saints Warrington game which should be a cracker

Miski is banned for one match after Leigh but wont count for this match he can have a rest next week.

I don’t think he is Jaws but I’m happy to be corrected.

Abbas Miski charged by match review panel as ex-Warrior handed [u[ione-match suspension[/i[/u
Wigan Warriors winger Abbas Miski has been hit with a Grade B dangerous contact charge by the match review panel following the 40-12 win over Leigh Leopards.The Lebanon international has been fined £250 but is free to face Castleford Tigers in the quarter-finals of the Challenge Cup this weekend.

Any ban would count in the cup anyway. He just got a £250 fine. It’s a crafty headline that one, with it saying an ex Wigan player got a game ban. It’s Amir Bourouh it’s referring to.

Abbas Miski (Wigan Warriors) – Grade B Dangerous Contact - £250 Fine

Just the fine on the RFL website

Crafty headline in Wigan Today
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I’d like to see Nsemba playing longer mins in this one. Imagine him Walters will be Faz and Isa’s replacement. Can both do full 80’s they are both big lads

Is this on Wigan TV?

no

Dupree starts, Chan drops out, no excuses with that team

Professional performance from Wigan but my only real takeaway from the game is that its an example of what the sport does not want. We've had a kind draw but you shouldn't really be able to make a semi-final in any competition without breaking a sweat. I feel for the players having to try and motivate themselves to play Castleford again this week (and then go to the Jungle for a third time in a few weeks). Cas are a big club in their own right and SL can't afford clubs like them and Hull to be as poor as they are just now. Hopefully with new investment at both (Hull's looks to be in the pipeline) they can start to turn it around next year - Wakefield replacing London should hopefully bring another competitive team as well.

Just posted on another forum that the decline in Cas is sad to see. They live for Rugby league in that town and deserve better. It was scary going to Cas in 2017 and while that couldn’t last, they shouldn’t be in as bad a shape as they currently are. It does sound like the plan is to get the IMG points needed to secure their Superleague place and to then invest more heavily in the squad.

Our starting front row were awesome today.

As were the players who came off the bench to replace them. Paddy was awesome today.

It is sad to see, but let's be honest, they've had 25 years to get the ground up to standard. They are not alone in this , every ground in Yorkshire have been dragged kicking and screaming to upgrade their grounds. Compare Salford, Widnes, Warrington, Leigh, St Helens have all upgraded. Me personally its a dump and I hope they get relegated.

whilst i've been quite vocal in the past about Cas and Wakey re lack of investment the one thing you cant knock at Cas is the off pitch (bars, burgers, pizza, toffee etc) they've always had that bit right and i'd forgotten how good that part is, as i've not been there for a couple of seasons.

onto the game, and Cas just never got a foothold in the game. We started well, and then i think we backed off for the last 15 in the 1st half. i know there has been a point made about missing Cas player, but they started with 3,4,5,6,7,11,12,13,14 & 17, so still quite a bit of their starting team was out there. The big difference and i've mentioned it on here and Warriors fans, is that we've had our props missing most of the season, but have still been able to start with Thompson, Mago, Hill and Chan (possibly weakest starting front row we could name based on experience) and we ran over Leigh with that front row

Personally, Cas is one of my favourite away grounds. I'd take much of it over the newer but absolutely soulless DW.

I didn't make the game yesterday, but went to the opening fixture. The different food & drink options far surpassed anything on offer at the DW. In fact I'm a bit of a coffee snob and the one I got from the little mobile van was superb. Throw in the ability to stand and the atmosphere that creates and it's a good ground to visit.

Oh I agree that they've had decades to get things in gear. It seems a Yorkshire issue in general or maybe to pinpoint it more accurately, an issue with that particular area around Cas/Wakey/Fev. It's why I feel sorry for the fans because it's not their fault. The ground is a mess but I hope they can retain a superleague place because It'll mean they're getting it sorted. It's been false dawn after another but fingers crossed the plans in place to renovate the ground come off this time (the proper plans, not the make do and mend fixes we're seeing currently like bolting seats to the existing terracing).